1 files changed, 50 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/ssh_config.5 b/ssh_config.5
index 54c42ab80..39cf932d3 100644
--- a/ssh_config.5
+++ b/ssh_config.5
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.220 2015/09/22 08:33:23 sobrado Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: September 22 2015 $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.221 2015/09/24 06:15:11 djm Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: September 24 2015 $
 .Dt SSH_CONFIG 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -325,6 +325,41 @@ to be canonicalized to names in the
 or
 .Dq *.c.example.com
 domains.
+.It Cm CertificateFile
+Specifies a file from which the user's certificate is read.
+A corresponding private key must be provided separately in order
+to use this certificate either
+from an
+.Cm IdentityFile
+directive or
+.Fl i
+flag to
+.Xr ssh 1 ,
+via
+.Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
+or via a
+.Cm PKCS11Provider .
+.Pp
+The file name may use the tilde
+syntax to refer to a user's home directory or one of the following
+escape characters:
+.Ql %d
+(local user's home directory),
+.Ql %u
+(local user name),
+.Ql %l
+(local host name),
+.Ql %h
+(remote host name) or
+.Ql %r
+(remote user name).
+.Pp
+It is possible to have multiple certificate files specified in
+configuration files; these certificates will be tried in sequence.
+Multiple
+.Cm CertificateFile
+directives will add to the list of certificates used for
+authentication.
 .It Cm ChallengeResponseAuthentication
 Specifies whether to use challenge-response authentication.
 The argument to this keyword must be
@@ -869,9 +904,13 @@ specifications).
 .It Cm IdentitiesOnly
 Specifies that
 .Xr ssh 1
-should only use the authentication identity files configured in the
+should only use the authentication identity and certificate files explicitly
+configured in the
 .Nm
-files,
+files
+or passed on the
+.Xr ssh 1
+command-line,
 even if
 .Xr ssh-agent 1
 or a
@@ -901,6 +940,8 @@ Additionally, any identities represented by the authentication agent
 will be used for authentication unless
 .Cm IdentitiesOnly
 is set.
+If no certificates have been explicitly specified by
+.Cm CertificateFile ,
 .Xr ssh 1
 will try to load certificate information from the filename obtained by
 appending
@@ -934,6 +975,11 @@ differs from that of other configuration directives).
 may be used in conjunction with
 .Cm IdentitiesOnly
 to select which identities in an agent are offered during authentication.
+.Cm IdentityFile
+may also be used in conjunction with
+.Cm CertificateFile
+in order to provide any certificate also needed for authentication with
+the identity.
 .It Cm IgnoreUnknown
 Specifies a pattern-list of unknown options to be ignored if they are
 encountered in configuration parsing.